The Cause Of The Rise And Fall Of Mazu Faith In Anqing

In recent years in Chinese folk circles, by AN De-ming raised the "hometown folklore" concept, got the LV Wei, scholars actively pursuing and responses. Hometown folklore" on the role of folklorists raised double definition and requirements, on the one hand, folklorists to understand your own hometown, with local relationships and natural identity, roles is the "hometown of me",which makes them a home folk event, richer than what they feel are more likely to be an outsider, a field survey and other natural advantages of research; on the other hand, folklorists are theoretical training, have professional integrity and spirit, in the role on the "academic I",which makes them at home on the basis of perception than the general public more profound understanding of the phenomenon of the folk and events behind the cultural connotation. Based on the "hometown" concept of folklore, the author put the focus turning to home, trying to rely on local popularity and geographical advantages and professional academic literacy, examine hometown folk problem, explore these folk phenomena behind the causes and implications, in the end I chose the Mazu religion this study areas.The current global Mazu believers about 200 million. Mazu religion not only effect in the southeastern coast, at the same time as a wide range of overseas Chinese village and kinship ties.Many local literature classics are mentioned in Anqing, Anhui province there Mazu, and now in addition to some remaining historical sites and folklore, the Mazu religion in the city lost its influence.This article attempts to combine historical research and literature books on a particular age, specific native place of mass interviews and other fields of research methods, textual cult in the development of incoming, until the decline of the historical process,and explore the religious intervention and social political and economic factors in the process's role and influence. The first part is the introduction to the paper, describes the origin, thesis topic significance and research methods, etc.The second part is the introduction of Anqing City Overview:geographically, administrative divisions, natural conditions, process, the national Constitution, religious beliefs all stated, in an overall preliminary sketches,as well as later describes in historical and cultural change in the necessary interpretation do underlay. The third part is in exploration of the Mazu religion history, including:Anqing cult of historical heritage and Anqing residents in cult of oral history research. This section is in Mazu religion history review, as well as the Mazu religion in Anqing incoming time,subjects, the subject of faith. The fourth part is in the introduction of Buddhism and Zen Buddhism of Mazu's involvement and impact, combined with the City History analysed the expositions certified cult in that city from incoming to wane, is always under pressure to Buddhism, the Buddhist for Mazu in the area of the final decline has an important role.Part five modern Anqing in conjunction with the economic and social development of change history, demonstration of the Mazu religion because of believers in the Foundation and the social function of the weak and gradually fade out the hypothesis that the Anqing history. The sixth section for comprehensive analysis, summary of the full-text, propose specific conclusions, namely:cult in the development of its inherent in Anqing, day after tomorrow is not bad, following introduction of a wide range of mass basis, social function relatively weak, the subsequent development and subject to the other religious pressures,to go,and has its inevitability; Anqing as a deeper appreciation of history at the change of the headquarters, its modern and violent social change is the cult of the decline of the root cause.Folklore of not just the use of an alien culture object is not the case in this culture, and is related to the culture and common interests between the different cultures to maximize learning. To do this, folklorists hope that through his work in this culture and different cultures between communication and consensus of the bridge, but this is the ultimate ideal folklore and fundamental problems.Because of this,this article in Mazu research analysis of the ultimate goal is to let outsiders to understand the region's social and cultural backgrounds, as well as local people's attitudes and ways, thereby not only in terms of belief, but also from the political, economic aspects to this culture and common interests between the different cultures of maximizing, for the body of a harmonious society, and a degree of implication.